The HOPE Initiative, founded by Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore and referenced in the Feb. 9 Telegram article, has been a wonderful resource for our Nash County citizens battling addiction use disorder.

Chief Bashore and a cadre of volunteers have managed to grow the program…

It feels like the 2017 session of the North Carolina General Assembly has lingered longer than grandma’s Christmas fruitcake and the fruits and nuts have grown stale and distasteful. HB90, the so-called class size reduction bill, is a classic case of good legislation that turned into an…